BSPM Professor named Best Teacher

 

Out of hundreds of professors nominated by Colorado State University students, faculty, staff and alumni, six were selected to receive this year's Best Teacher awards. The professors were honored at the 2006 Best Teacher Awards Dinner in April in the Lory Student Center at Colorado State University. Student Alumni Connection, the student branch of Colorado State's Alumni Association, sponsored the award program.


One of the 2006 winners is Whitney Cranshaw in the Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management. Cranshaw is involved in extension, research and teaching at Colorado State and holds responsibility for developing applied pest management programs for insect pests of horticultural crops in Colorado. He is a published author and has won several awards including being named the Green Industries of Colorado Person of the Year and the Most Valuable Professional for the Colorado Association of Lawn Care Professionals.

Cranshaw was overwhelmingly nominated for Best Teacher by students in his Insects, Science and Society class. Many of them experience a new appreciation and interest for entomology after experiencing bugs Cranshaw's way.

"Through his love of arthropods, he has decreased my fear of bugs," a student said. "He is a true educator. I visited him during non-office hours and he dropped everything he was doing to help me understand the subject. His passion for insects is inspiring."

"Every day I looked forward to going to his class," another student said. "Whitney Cranshaw is one of the few professors I have had at Colorado State that radiates passion for his work."


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